Not Your Average Party Boat

If by chance there is a scuba diving scene in the upcoming James Bond flick, then I can only imagine his government issued yacht would look something like this. With its lines and form inspired by orca whales, “Nav” feels like a breaching whale ready to fall back into the depths. The designer, Charles Kalpakian, likes to think of his work as dreams that inspire briefly but allow us to endure on. Considering the amount of good work that will never get to production, that’s probably a solid philosophy for a lot of the designers on YD.

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kieth, fast powerboats dont use keels, for the most part they use hard chines and strakes to not only control roll but to assist in the boat getting on plane. This “notion” would be sooooo soft in roll that you would get sea sick at the dock. The sunshad solution is kinda nice looking, but really now if its fast a wind shield is really a needful thing.

the thing about “concept” is that you need (should) know SOMETHING about the item or its just a waste of time. For this one to utilize the compound curves its showing would require some intersting stuff under water. The aft end is pretty bad. There is no reason not to dream but come on try to learn abit about your subject first.

This is definitely cool, and different. I second some of the functionality queries, but as a designer that works with the yacht and marine industry, ALL of your contemporary yachts are nothing if not functional… what IS needed is a breaking out of the cookie cutter design that all boats seem stuck in. The occasional breakout design (Wallypower, EarthRace, Fearless by Porsche) is applauded, and labeled a “glimpse of the future” only to have the future look like the past. We need to encourage different thinking in this arena, not discourage it.

Kudos to Charles for pushing the envelope a little. I’m sure there’s a naval architect lurking around somewhere that could provide the necessary tweaks.